Colossians 1:18

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Colossians 11-8

• Paul Thanks God For The Colossian Saints

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The Apostolic Authority of Paul

• Colossians 11 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
  by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.
• 1st Thessalonians 26 nor did we seek glory from
  men, either from you or from others even though
  as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our
  authority.
• Apostles used generically as messengers.
• Timothy and Silas were apostles.
• Paul is using the royal we.

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Pauls Greeting

• Colossians 12 To the saints and faithful
  brethren in Christ who are at Colossae Grace to
  you and peace from God our Father.
• Saints 1. Elect Deut. 75-7 1Cor. 12
  
• 2. Believers Rom. 416 Jude
  13
• 3. Set apart Heb. 211
• 4. Eternally Secure (persevere)
• John 1027-29 Rev. 1412

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Pauls Thankfulness To God

• Colossians 13-5 We give thanks to God, the
  Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always
  for you, (since) we heard of your faith in Christ
  Jesus and the love which you have for all the
  saints because of the hope laid up for you in
  heaven, of which you previously heard in the word
  of truth, the gospel
• faith, love, hope Gal. 55-6 1st Thess. 13
• in Christ Jesus the sphere in which faith
  lives
• because of the hope basis of the faith and
  love!
• Lessons Learned
• What does this say about those who claim you can
  be so heavenly minded your no earthly good?
• What does this say about our gospel presentation?

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Pauls Thankfulness To God

• because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of
  which you previously heard in the word of truth,
  the gospel
• Colossians 16 which has come to you just as in
  all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit
  and increasing, even as it has been doing in you
  since the day you heard of it and understood the
  grace of God in truth
• heard Dt. 410 64 Is. 610 Mt. 1313
• understood Dt. 439, Mt. 1311 2nd Ti. 225

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Pauls Thankfulness To God

• Colossians 17-8 just as you learned it from
  Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is
  a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and
  he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

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Applications

• We too should be thankful for the salvation of
  the saints. (John 1334-35 1 John 51)
• Romans 922-23 NKJV What if God, wanting to show
  His wrath and to make His power known, endured
  with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath
  prepared for destruction, and that He might make
  known the riches of His glory on the vessels of
  mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory